Leaving

Sitting on paper lines,
watching the universe go by—
Scratch, halt.
The record stops...

I can’t let go because I can’t stay
And I would lose if I go away
I’m here on the ground...

Let’s not kid ourselves
shall we ..
There seems no point
in us now
pretending...

(Preface: I like the way Marionette writes beautiful, sad things right on the page, so I figured I’d try it...

I swear that last night
by candlelight
I assume the same one
that you claim
to...

When I am no more and gone from here
I trust that you will carry on regardless ..
And...

Yesterday, we were larger than life itself ..
Today though, we are now gone
and tomorrow...

All of my friends want to say
That you have always been beneath me
Well, it turns out they...

Looking back
at what the future
might hold
for us both, I note
there was...

It seems to me, he knew better
than to tell me
he felt down, or depressed,
or more...

Although this heart be stilled
the world still spins
albeit slow and now much darker...

when the balance wheel
is broken ..
when the main spring
has been sprung ..
...

Look beyond the symmetry
of a perfect horizon
and note how the silver edge
arcs along...

I think it might
have been
yesterday when ..
I caught
a brief glimpse
...

should you ever find
another
lover which no doubt
you most
surely will when I...

I don’t need
to like
or want you
just because
you think
you love me...

Without antecedents
we have nothing,
but can still choose what
we want us to be .....